Genetic explainations for Schizophrenia

Question 1

What are genes?

Answer 1

• Consist of DNA strands which produce ‘instructions’ for general physical and specific features (e.g brain structures)
• May impact on psychological features like schizophrenia (inherited from parents)

Question 2

What did Gottesman (1991) say about how genes effect schizophrenia?

Answer 2

As genetic similarity increases so does probability of sharing schizophrenia